Suspensory and health belt



March 8, 1949. M. M. WEISS 2,463,730

SUSPEIISORY AND HEALTH BELT Filed Sept. 24, 1947 INVEN TOR. MUR M Wmss Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUSPENSORY AND HEALTH BELT Murray M. Weiss, New York, N. Y.

Application September 24, 1947, Serial No. 775,929

Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in suspensories.

There is provided by the invention a novel and valuable garment, comprising a girdle or waist belt, and a suspensory structure in the nature of a wide front apron suspended from the belt and having at its rear side a wide sac the upper mount of which is served by an elastic means, as for instance, an elastic tape, for gathering the material of the apron across the same at the level of said mouth to yieldingly constrict the latter.

A further feature of the invention, to provide a new and health and comfort augmenting type of suspensory, and at the same time obtain the important advantage of minimum wastage of material, the single sheet of material of which the apron and its sac are made may be perfectly rectangular in cut.

As another feature, the apron at its bottom and just below the sac bottom is provided with a tunnel-like opening transverse to the apron through which is slidingly passed an elastic tape which at its opposite ends is attached to the belt at points on the same to lie opposite the hip-bones of the wearer. Thus, the sac, which is of such material as to softly yield to conform its shape to its contents, is shiftable along the length of said tape toward the right or left of the wearer to whatever extent required in view of anatomical peculiarities of the wearer.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claimin which the various novel fea-' tures of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention as now favored, looking toward the portion of the belt to be placed at the back of the waist of the wearer, such belt portion partially broken away and partially in section; this view, in order to make the structural relationships clearer, being drawn to omit showing certain rufflings resulting from the inclusion at the mouth of the sac of the first-mentioned of the hereinabove referred to elastics (these rufflings, however, being indicated in Fig. 5), and also to omit showing certain other ruiiiings resulting from depositing parts of the external male organ in said sac with the latter placed below and forward of the pelvic region when the garment is 2 worn (these rufliings, however, being indicated in Fi 6).

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; this View also omittin said ruifiings.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the parts seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4, a view looking toward the inside of the belt, shows the latter before being attached at its opposite ends, and also shows the parts carried thereby, with the sac forming sheet spread fiat.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, looking toward the same side of said sheet as seen in Fig. 4, but indi cating the rufliings at the sac mouth.

Fig, 6 is also a perspective View, but looking toward the front of a mans body indicated in dot and dash, and showing the garment as on said body and the rufiiings at the bottom of the sac.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, the belt l0, which is shown as rather wide, for comfort, say about 4" wide, is made of a cut-off length of elastic webbing stretchable longitudinally thereof. The belt which is formed by stitching together its overlapped ends as indicated at H, may be supplied in any predetermined series of different girth dimensions, so as properly to be, say, of small, medium or large size.

The apron aforesaid is comprised of a sac forming sheet I2, and the cutting of such sheet is also not at all wasteful of material, as the sheet is perfectly rectangular in shape when out, being then about 11 /2" long and about 8 /2" wide. The material used for the sheet may be any soft flexible material, as a fairly heavy Celanese or rayon jersey.

For finishing the top of the sheet l2, where said sheet across its width is secured to the belt 10, as by a zig-zag stitching M, the sheet material is folded over as indicated at l5; and the bottom of the sheet is finished by a double overfold l6, stitched in place as indicated at It, to provide a seam I! open enough laterally all along its length for the securement therein, and at the opposite ends thereof, of the opposite ends of an elastic tape l8.

With the finished width of the sheet i2 about 8", the length of the tape l8 unstretched is about 6".

Such width is the result of finishing the two sides of the sheet I2; which sides are finished by folding over the sheet material, as indicated at l9, and applying the stitchings 20 following the folding up of the bottom section 2| of the sheet l2 to form the back wall of the sac 22, so that the ends of said sac will also be closed by the stitchings 20. These stitchings 20, it will be understood, go through four plies of material at the ends of the sac 22, but through onl two plies of material above the top of the sac and until the fold i5 is reached.

In order to provide a tunnel immediately below the bottom of the sac 22, a line of stitching is applied across the width the sheet l2 as shown at 23. Said tunnel slidingly encloses an elastic tape 24, said tape passing through the tunnel. The tape 24 which may be a A" tape of round or flat type, has a length of about unstretched between the stitchings by which its ends are secured to the belt II! at points thereon where the latter will lie opposite the hip-bones when worn.

With the parts thus arranged, the length of the sheet l2, from its top to the bottom of the sac 22, will be about 7%, with the sac somewhat over 2" in depth.

The belt having been donned at the waist, as shown in Fig. 4, the external male organs in their entirety may be comfortably deposited in the sac 22, which latter, due to the action of the elastic tapes l8 and 24, will conform itself softly to the contour of its contents, while there will be suflicient constriction, yet in no case with dis comfort, of the scrotal veins having tendencies to enlarge and ordinarily cause trouble in cases of varicocele. At the same time, the bottom of the sac 22 is along a straight horizontal line, so that the glands within the scrotum will be kept at the same level. Also, a sac of such size and shape is provided that, with the external male organs in their entirety in the sac, the wearer who dresses on the right side may dress to the left side, to conform to the standard form of trousers, which are always out for dress to the left side, thereby to raise the trousers 1 higher at the crotch and so improve the hang and appearance of the same.

In regard to the calls of nature, the sheet [2 and the sac 22 carried thereby, and also the elastic tape 24, are all wholly at the front of the wearer; with the result that the mouth of the sac is about 2" from the rectum, while for urination it is a simple matter to remove the contained parts from the sac.

The new health garment, although of special value to sufferers from varicocele, may be used with advantage by all, for swimming, gymnasium and other special athletic activities, or always worn, for health and comfort, and for purposes of good appearance. The garment may be readily laundered, and very many times laundered provided deterioration of the elastic members be prevented by avoidance of boiling temperatures.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the pre cise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A health garment for men comprising a belt, an apron cut from a sheet of flexible material and attached at one of its ends and across its entire width to the belt for dependence from the front of the belt, said apron having a bottom section folded up in rear of its upper section to locate the top of the unfolded bottom section part Way along the height of the upper section, said unfolded bottom section being secured along its sides to corresponding length of the sides of the upper section to establish an open top sac at the rear of the apron, a securing means between the top and bottom sections extending across the width of the apron parallel with and above the fold line between the bottom and upper sections thereby to establish a bottom for the sac measured by the width of the apron and a tunnel across the apron below said sac bottom, an elastic means for yieldingly closing said sac mouth, and an elongated elastic element passing loosely through said tunnel and secured at its opposite ends to points on the belt to lie opposite the hip-bones of the wearer of the garment.

2. A health garment for men comprising an endless elastic belt, an apron cut from an elongated sheet of inelastic flexible material and attached at one of its ends to the belt for dependance from the front of the belt, said apron having a bottom section folded up in rear of its upper section to locate the top of the unfolded bottom section approximately one-half way along the height of the upper section, said lip-folded bottom section being secured along its sides to corresponding lengths of the sides of the upper section to establish an open top sac at the rear of the apron, a securing means between the top and bottom sections extending across the width of the apron parallel with and above the fold line between the bottom and upper sections thereby to establish a bottom for the sac measured by the width of the apron and a tunnel across the apron below said sac bottom, an elastic means extended across that part of the sac mouth provided by the upfolded bottom section for yieldingly closing said sac mouth, and an elongated elastic element passing loosely through said tunnel and secured at its opposite ends to points on the belt to lie opposite the hip-bones of the wearer of the garment.

3. A health garment for men comprising an endless elastic belt, an apron cut from an elongated substantially rectangular piece of inelastic flexible material and attached at one of its ends and across its entire width to the belt for dependance from the front of the belt, said apron being at least approximately as wide as one-quarter of the circumference of the belt when unstretched, said apron having a bottom section folded up in rear of its upper section to locate the top of the unfolded bottom section approximately one-half wa along the height of the upper section, said upfolded bottom section being secured along its sides, to corresponding lengths of the sides of the upper section to establish an open top sac at the rear of the apron, a securing means between the top and bottom sections extending across the width of the apron parallel with and above the fold line between the bottom and upper sections thereby to establish a bottom for the sac measured by the width of the apron and a tunnel across the apron be low said sac bottom, an elastic means extended across that part of the sac mouth provided by the upfolded bottom section for yieldingly closing said sac mouth, and an elongated elastic element passing loosely through said tunnel and secured at its opposite ends to points on the belt to lie opposite the hip-bones of the wearer of :the garment.

4. A health garment for men comprising an endless elastic belt, an apron cut from an .elongated substantially rectangular piece of inelastic flexible material and attached at one of its ends and across its entire width to the belt for dependance from the front of the belt, said apron being at least approximately as wide as onequarter of the circumference of the belt when unstretched, said apron having a bottom section folded up in rear of its upper section to locate the top of the upfolded bottom section approximately one-halt way along the height of the upper section, said upfolded bottom section being secured along its sides to corresponding lengths of the sides of the upper section to establish an open top sac at the rear of the apron, a securing means between the top and bottom sections extending across the width of the apron parallel with and above the fold line between the bottom and upper sections thereby to establish a bottom for the sac measured by the width of the apron and a tunnel across the apron below said sac bottom, an elastic means extended across that part of the sac mouth provided by the upfolded bottom section for yieldingly closing said sac mouth, and an elongated elastic element passing loosely through said tunnel and secured at its opposite ends to points on the belt to lie opposite the hip-bones of the wearer of the garment, said elastic means unstretched being approximately three-fourths of the width of the apron.

5. A health garment for men comprising an endless elastic belt, an apron cut from an elongated substantially rectangular piece of inelastic flexible material and attached at one of its ends and across its entire width to the belt for dependance from the front of the belt, said apron being at least approximately as wide as onequarter of the circumference of the belt when unstretched, said apron having a bottom section folded up in rear of its upper section to locate the top of the upfolded bottom section approximatel one-half way along the height of the upper section, said upfolded bottom section being secured along its sides to correspond ing lengths of the sides of the upper section to establish an open top sac at the rear of the apron, a securing means between the top and bottom sections extending across the width of the apron parallel with and above the fold line between the bottom and upper sections thereby to establish a bottom for the sac measured by the width of the apron and a tunnel across the apron below said sac bottom, an elastic means extended across that part of the sac mouth provided by the upfolded bottom section for yieldingly closing said sac mouth, and an elongated elastic element passing loosely through said tunnel and secured at its opposite ends to points on the belt to lie opposite the hip-bones of the wearer of the garment, said elastic means unstretched being approximately three-fourths of the width of the apron, and said elastic element unstretched being approximately one-half as long as the circumference of the belt.

MURRAY M. WEISS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,301,066 Montmarquet Nov. 3, 1942 2,424,462 Hoey July 22, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 343,232 Italy Sept. 18, 1936 

